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Bureau Ref. F and A Lands
Office Sub Distr. of Richmond
March 13th 1866

Respectfully returned to Lieut. Merrill with the following report.

The complaint of Miss Williams of Sergt. Henry's conduct in the within case appears, on examination, to be based on the statements of one David Allen, an inmate of the Camp, who was sent by Miss Williams, to call Sergt. Henry's attention to the case.  This Allen states that he found the Sergt. talking with a colored man, and as he asked him to attend to the matter, heard of him (the Sergt.) say, "he had no time to bother with him there," but he cannot say positively whether the Sergt. was addressing him, or the man with whom he was in conversation, but that notwithstanding his remarks, he (the Sergt.) turned immediately and went to the house where this sick woman was and made arrangements for her to remain there till she could be sent to Hospital.

The Sergt. explained the remark (that "he could not be bothered with him") by saying it was made to the party he was talking with and not in reply to Allen, and this fact that he did go immediately, is, in my opinion sufficiently not to sustain the Sergt. in his denial of the charge, that he was unwilling or refused to care for this woman.

The Sergt. is subject to answer however, for failing to report the case at this office and having conveyance sent to take her to Hospital but not for neglecting to render prompt assistance.

The charges made by Chaplain Manly, with the exception of the first charge are also based upon the suppositions and representations of parties in Camp.  The charge of profanity is most easily sustained against